落身

Chinese

		to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (落身)		落	身
simp. #(落身)		落	身

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lo̍h-sin

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lo̍h-sin
    • Tâi-lô: lo̍h-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loiqsyn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lo(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ sin⁴⁴/

Verb

落身

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to give birth prematurely; to undergo preterm labour

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 早產 (“to give birth prematurely; to undergo preterm labour”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		早產
Mandarin	Taiwan	早產
Cantonese	Hong Kong	早產
Southern Min	Xiamen	早產
	Zhangzhou	落身
	Tainan	早產
Wu	Shanghai	早產